This time it has sparkles on itTime to find some new Head admins everyone, who will work hard and write lots of policy posts for six months.

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Candidate entries close - 2nd of MarchDDAY - 3rd of March voting beginsDDAY + 1 weeks voting complete by the 10th of MarchThen there is a short transitional period for the old Head admins to hand over to the new ones, with the official switchover date being approx 15th March

Therefore, we select them as the winner of the admin vote, and do the player vote again, filtering out Nervere in a special zeroth round and redistributing votes granted to him as per the players vote preferences.

oranges wrote:I have changed the rules, simply because I think the player vote happens to be more important, and I'd much rather pick two people they like rather than two people the admin team prefers.

oranges wrote:I have changed the rules, simply because I think the player vote happens to be more important, and I'd much rather pick two people they like rather than two people the admin team prefers.

That is beside the point. Has it not long been precedent that it's done the other way around? Why would he get to suddenly change that because he feels like it? This is also something that could effect future elections.

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask the person who is literally the one authority on the subject and has near absolute power over the elections to at least give like, a day's warning that the way votes are handled is gonna change

oranges wrote:the authority is that I'm the election official and therefore responsible for the elections and how they're conducted.

Being an unelected """""""election official""""""" doesn't give you the power to arbitrarily decide which of two people should become headmin. And if you tried it I wouldn't foresee it going well for you. If you get to randomly make important decisions like this arbitrarily why can't we elect an "elections officer" too"?

oranges wrote:the authority is that I'm the election official and therefore responsible for the elections and how they're conducted.

Being an unelected """""""election official""""""" doesn't give you the power to arbitrarily decide which of two people should become headmin. And if you tried it I wouldn't foresee it going well for you. If you get to randomly make important decisions like this arbitrarily why can't we elect an "elections officer" too"?

Nervere placed first in both the player and admin vote. Hulkamania placed second in both the player and admin vote. Hulkamania won the player vote after Nervere was removed from the poll.It would have literally the same results no matter which way you spun it, player vote or admin vote. There is no reason to be upset about this other than 'orange man bad.'

elyina wrote:What exactly gives you the authority to do that? Why would you get to change that on a whim without consulting anybody because you feel a certain way?

he's the election manager get over it

it doesn't really make sense when you complain about "corrupt pigs" or that mso lets headmins decide for him but then justify that with "he's the election manager get over it"and i say this while i don't care about oranges being the election manager, i think he's ok

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elyina wrote:What exactly gives you the authority to do that? Why would you get to change that on a whim without consulting anybody because you feel a certain way?

he's the election manager get over it

it doesn't really make sense when you complain about "corrupt pigs" or that mso lets headmins decide for him but then justify that with "he's the election manager get over it"and i say this while i don't care about oranges being the election manager, i think he's ok

oranges is ridiculously transparent, works for the people, and is a true comrade

oranges wrote:the authority is that I'm the election official and therefore responsible for the elections and how they're conducted.

And if you tried it I wouldn't foresee it going well for you.

This sounds like a vague, unspecified threat. I suggest the admin team look into this potential threat to oranges. The madman could be threatening anything! Or inciting others to do scary things!

I suggest you suck my dick

oranges wrote:the same person wins either way bud

Talk about missing the point, I already addressed this. This is something that could affect future elections. Why should you get to decide that? I don't really find "i'm le important election man" to be an acceptable answer.

oranges wrote:the authority is that I'm the election official and therefore responsible for the elections and how they're conducted.

And if you tried it I wouldn't foresee it going well for you.

This sounds like a vague, unspecified threat. I suggest the admin team look into this potential threat to oranges. The madman could be threatening anything! Or inciting others to do scary things!

I suggest you suck my dick

oranges wrote:the same person wins either way bud

Talk about missing the point, I already addressed this. This is something that could affect future elections. Why should you get to decide that? I don't really find "i'm le important election man" to be an acceptable answer.

I honestly don't really care. As long as oranges simply mentions when he's changing the rules and sets it in stone before the elections begin, he has the right to set the rules as long as MSO agrees and we have the right to know the rules of the election. Oranges failed on this second part but I'm sure he will rectify that and won't make the same mistake again.

elyina wrote:Talk about missing the point, I already addressed this. This is something that could affect future elections. Why should you get to decide that? I don't really find "i'm le important election man" to be an acceptable answer.

This is something that could affect future playtime. Why should you get to decide that? I don't really find "i'm le important admin man" to be an acceptable answer.

If you think oranges is incompetent, attack his competency. If you think the decision is crap, attack the decision. But you can't attack the role itself, obviously the election manager is going to manage how the election is run including breaking ties and resolving conflicts.

I code for the code project and moderate the code sections of the forums. I haven't played in like 2 years so don't listen to my suggestions.

Why realism is stupid:

Spoiler:

Wiz, the project lead of Europa Universalis IV:

Immersion/flavor is playing a WW2 shooter and using a mosin-nagant instead of a laser gun - this is important.

Realism is playing a WW2 shooter and having to spend 2 months in hospital everytime you get shot - stupid and detrimental to gameplay. Nobody actually wants a realistic game, which is why realism arguments are so selectively used.Source: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/ind ... t-19679470

The issue they have is that if oranges switches up the rules next time without anyone knowing, if the same person didn’t come in second place twice, he would effectively be choosing which candidate becomes headmin. Its not an attack at oranges competency, rather his transparency.

This stuff should be set in stone (by oranges) before the election process even begins, because next time we probably won’t get the grace period of having the same person in second place in both areas.

The hate on this one does seek misjudged, its not as if elyina would have won either way.

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